The City's Risk Management staff are investigating the cause of the accident to determine if there was an equipment failure or if it was human error.

There is a large gouge in the pavement that could indicate a broken stabilizing bar but that is just speculation at this time, he added.

Las Cruces police issued a few citations to drivers who drove around the barricade and the police cars into the direction of oncoming traffic, Detective Frank Torres said. Drivers shouldn't go through the area and should use a different route, he said.